Federal Register: November 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 217)

DOCID: FR Doc E6-19030

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Department

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public comment period extension and additional public meeting.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Extension of Public Comment Period and Additional Public Meeting for the Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment Environmental Impact Statement

DATES: The additional public meeting in Reno, Nevada will be held on November 27, 2006, from 4 to 7 p.m. The address for this and all other public scoping meetings are provided below under Public Scoping Meetings. The public comment period is extended through December 12, 2006. Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent practicable.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

On October 13, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published an Amended Notice of Intent (71 FR 60484) to expand the scope of the ongoing ``Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada'' (entitled the Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS) (DOE/EIS0250FS2 and EIS0369), and announced a 45day public comment period ending on November 27, 2006. Based on input from the public, DOE is now announcing an additional public meeting in Reno, Nevada. The public comment period also is being extended through December 12, 2006. Additionally, DOE has posted graphical representations of the rail routes at the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Web site http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov under the caption, What's New.

SUMMARY:

Environmental statements; notice of intent; Yucca Mountain, NV; geologic repository; Caliente rail line; alignment, construction, and operation,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

For general information regarding the DOE NEPA process contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, Telephone 2025864600, or leave a message at 18004722756.

Public Scoping Meetings

DOE has scheduled public scoping meetings on the Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail
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Alignment EIS. In order to facilitate input from the public, comments will also be accepted on the Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and HighLevel Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV at these meetings. DOE will have representatives responsible for preparation of both EISs at each of the following meetings to accept comments on either document:

  • Washington, District of Columbia, L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., October 30, 2006, from 47 p.m.
  • Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Longstreet Hotel Casino, Nevada State Highway 373, November 1, 2006, from 47 p.m.
  • Las Vegas, Nevada. Cashman Center, 850 North Las Vegas Blvd., November 2, 2006, from 47 p.m.
  • Caliente, Nevada. Caliente Youth Center, U.S. 93 North, November 8, 2006, from 68 p.m.
  • Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield School Gymnasium, Hall and Euclid, November 13, 2006, from 47 p.m.
  • Hawthorne, Nevada. Hawthorne Convention Center, 932 E. Street, November 14, 2006, from 47 p.m.
  • Fallon, Nevada. Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus Way, November 15, 2006, from 47 p.m.
  • Reno, Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno, Lawlor Event Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., November 27, 2006, from 47 p.m. Public Reading Rooms

    The Notice of Intent published on October 13, 2006 (71 FR 60484) provided an incorrect phone number for the Pahrump Yucca Mountain Information Center. The correct phone number is (775) 7515817.

    Issued in Washington, DC, November 3, 2006.
    David R. Hill,
    General Counsel.
    [FR Doc. E619030 Filed 11806; 8:45 am]
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